"I take it you don't mean metaphorically, like breaking someone's spirit."

Law considers it while he works, since that's at odds with his abilities. The spirit of a person is immutable, he can move it from body to body but it outlasts the physical. It would be curious to know how damaging one would be possible, if for no other reason than he wouldn't want to accidentally make that mistake.

But then, there's the "gods" here. "The alien creatures here can take forms that look like us," he notes. "But I'm not sure if those are their real bodies."